Background Morris Saldov conducted a study in Eastern and

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Background Morris Saldov conducted a study in Eastern and Central Newfoundland in 1988 to examine public attitudes towards social spending In particular the study tried to determine if knowing someone on public assistance yes no affected one s views on social spending too little about right too much The data from the study is summarized in the table below Too little About right Too much Total Yes No Total 38 6 44 16 13 29 10 9 19 64 28 92 Source Morris Saldov Public Attitudes to Social Spending in Newfoundland Canadian Review of Social Policy 26 November 1990 pages 10 14 Directions Conduct a chi square test for independence to determine if the association between knowing someone on public assistance and views on social spending is statistically significant 1 Choose the correct null and alternative hypotheses Ho There is an association between knowing someone on public assistance and views on social spending Ha There is no association between knowing someone on public assistance and views on social spending Ho There is no association between knowing someone on public assistance and views on social spending Ha There is an association between knowing someone on public assistance and views on social spending 2 Complete the following table of expected counts under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true Round your answers to 1 decimal place Yes Too little About right Too much No 3 Use appropriate technology to compute the value of the test statistic rounded to 2 decimal places and the P value rounded to 3 decimal places P value